Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine Hadn't heard THAT song in awhile...

"Right Here, Right Now" by Fatboy Slim. Probably the best techno song of the whole 1990's. I never liked Techno, but no one can deny the awesomeness of that beat.

Been pulling some seventies stuff lately. Still hanging around that old ELO stuff. Popped some Boz Skaggs on as well.

Hey, I like what I like, lol. Had some Pablo Cruise on the other day, mixed in with Fallout Boy. My tastes have always been many and varied.

ELO's Twilight, from their Time album, was my favorite song for awhile as a teen. So techy and sci-fi sounding! (I also liked Yours Truly, 2095, from that album.)

Current inanely favorite not-really-oldie is Billy Idol's Adam in Chains, from his Cyberpunk album.

When I want to really blow peoples minds, I listen to some Krokus or New Order.

Teddy Pendergrass- Looks like another Love TKO

And another...

Girls With Guns by Tommy Shaw

Been into the heavy thump tonight. Everything from Gretchen Wilson on Barracuda to old time AC/DC, HIM with wicked game and Butterfly, and even a little country lead in there.

Been wondering who Josh Turner is since he apparantly grew up about 17 miles from me. He's okay. Not something I'd listen to a lot, but hell, he's local so good job, amigo.

(Right now I've got some old Bellamy Bros. runnin' through my head. Nyt'all.

"Slow Motion" by the original Ultravox. Hadn't heard that one in an age.

Dan Fogelberg with Tim Weisberg, "The Power of Gold," at Denny's.

#24 US, #51 CAN

I didn't know many Fogelberg songs other than the obvious ones until I bought a used copy of his greatest hits some years ago after reading a nice eulogy for him in this forum by He Who Wanders. "The Power of Gold" became my favorite song of his, and it was an unexpected delight to hear it this way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bxiI47Q12s

I'm glad my eulogy inspired you, Fanfie.

I'm listening to your link right now. Haven't heard the song in many years. Still sounds great.

The title of this song in and of itself made me smile, even though it made me a little sad.

While perusing the Youtube selections related to "The Power of Gold," I came upon this ditty by Alan O'Day -- a Number One hit from 1977.

And, on the subject of Dan Fogelberg, this is still the song I connect with most of all.

I heard "Out of Touch" on the local Lite FM station earlier today, and immediately thought of this thread. It's true, it hardly ever gets played. Most Hall & Oates hits other than "Kiss on My List" and "Maneater" don't seem to get played much anymore.

I don't think I've heard Out of Touch since I started this thread TEN YEARS ago.

Sara Smile, She's Gone, Private Eyes, I Can't Go For That, Maneater, Say It Isn't So, Kiss On My List --- all radio staples. I've also heard One on One a few times.

Adult Education and Family Man are H&O hits I don't remember from the time, and haven't heard on the radio much (if ever) in the intervening years. I had to go to YT to hear what people were talking about.

What about "You Make My Dreams Come True"?

Yep, I meant to have that in the list, but got sidetracked.

I imagine that got a boost from (500) Days of Summer, but not quite Journey/Sopranos level.

A forgotten H&O song I really liked was "Wait for Me," featuring the brilliant guitar playing of G.E. Smith.

There are tons of older songs whose names I don't know, but I can recognize that it's "that" song when I hear a portion (usually, the chorus).

I know there are apps or websites out there that can help you find out the name of a song and its artist just based on whatever lyrics you can input. That is, if you don't find Google useful enough

I reached this when going through some top 40 links. I haven;t heard it for a very long time. The next day, it's playing from the front of a store as I go to the station.

The more I read these threads the more I wonder if I liked ANY 80's music.

Wasn't Lauper 80s? Culture Club? I liked those. Loggins and Messina? When was that Poo Bear album?


I need to go see what was what then to see what I liked if anything or if I was just bitter the whole decade.

Here's a song I didn't appreciate when it was a hit in 1981, but I've recently come to like it for its purity in emotion as well as its background story:



The Climax Blues Band were a British group whose only previous US hit was "Couldn't Get It Right" in 1977. "I Love You" was written by bassist Derek Holt (who sings lead and plays keyboards in the video). According to Songfacts.com, the other two mainstays in the band, guitarist Pete Haycock and saxophonist Colin Cooper, hated the song. (Cooper appears neither on the song nor in the video.) They refused to tour America to promote the song, which reached No. 12 anyway. Their lack of support was the reason Holt left the band in 1983. To this day, the CBB (which now contains none of the original members) refuses to perform this song, and it's been unavailable for some time since the album is out of print.

In some ways, this story reminds me of the division in Styx over the success of Dennis DeYoung's "Babe."

Learning details such as this is what makes the study of popular music so fascinating to me.

That was quite nice. Not saccharin, just honest, putting it above 95% of love songs instantly.

I've enjoyed the music threads a lot since I've joined the forum. I generally don't look at lyrics, inside covers or anything else. Learning a bit of the history has been really interesting.

I'm glad you liked it, thothkins. Here's CBB's earlier hit and the sound they were more noted for: